Basic versus supplementary health insurance: Moral hazard and adverse selection

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Public Economics
Year: 2015
Volume: 128
Issue: C
Pages: 50-58

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper introduces a tractable model of health insurance with both moral hazard and adverse selection. We show that government sponsored universal basic insurance should cover treatments with the biggest adverse selection problems. Treatments not covered by basic insurance can be covered on the private supplementary insurance market. Surprisingly, the cost effectiveness of a treatment does not affect its priority to be covered by basic insurance.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:pubeco:v:128:y:2015:i:c:p:50-58
Journal Field
Public
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-24